Welcome and Intro

Imagine sailing across the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to Hawaii with three other people on a 40 ft. sailboat. How would that affect your ideas about the passing of time? Now suppose that you're managing a construction project at one of the big theme parks in Orlando, FL. You need to keep your crews…

We recently had the pleasure of recording a podcast episode with Dr. Isabel Roth, a Research Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. Some of Dr. Roth's work focuses on mindfulness practices and ways of making them available to people who might benefit from them. You can…

How do students learn how to study? When students are given homework, are they taught how to do it? They might be taught how to solve the math problems or write an essay that's been assigned, but are they taught how to plan and organize their work so that they can actually complete the…

Graham Downey is a graduate of Yale Law School who scored a 180—the highest score possible—on the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). After law school, Graham taught LSAT prep courses and tutored students for a test prep company, sharing his knowledge with other people striving to master the test. The LSAT is one of…

Louise Greene has a fairly straightforward, no-nonsense approach to completing tasks and keeping her life organized. In this episode, she shares her ideas about managing her time, the benefits of limiting the amount of “stuff” we buy and keep, and habits that she built in the past which are now helping her live life…

How can an organization achieve dramatic growth? And how can a certain level of conflict help a team succeed? What is a ”not-to-do” list, and why is it useful to have one? Ganesh Venkataramanan is the Vice President of Presales of a leading industrial software company. He has over 20 years of experience in…